Title

Authors

Call Number

Date of Publication

1858

Collection Size

1 bound volume; 46 pages

Restrictions

Open under the rules and regulations of the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections

Language

English

Historical Note

A duel is an arranged confrontation between two people seeking restitution for a wrong or perceived wrong at an appointed time and place under a set of rules. Duelling had mostly fallen out of favor by the end of the American Civil War. By World War I it was outlawed in most western countries.

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Description

The Code of Honor lays out the rules and duties of the principal participants of a duel as well as their seconds. Chapter titles include: "The Person Insulted, Before Challenge Sent," "Second's Duty Before Challenge Sent," "Duty of Challengee and His Second Before Fighting, " and "Duty of Principals and Seconds on the Ground." The author, John Lyde Wilson (1784-1849) was a lawyer, politician and the 49th governor of South Carolina serving from 1822 to 1824.

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Publisher

James Phinney

City

Charleston, S.C.

Keywords

Duelling

Disciplines

Social History

Recommended Citation

CR 4571 .W5 1858 and Wilson, John Lyde, "The Code of Honor; or Rules for the Government of Principals and Seconds in Duelling" (1858). Rare Books. 7.
https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/rarebooks/7